Warhammer Online Will Likely go Free to Play
Unlike the rumor posted last year on MMOHut about The Lord of the Rings Online going free to play here, this isn’t a rumor. It’s just an opinion piece. I feel that Electronic Arts will make Warhammer Online completely free to play, supported by micro-transactions, within one year. Why? Well. Many reasons. I’ll list them.
5 Reasons Warhammer Online Will go Free to Play
1. Electronic Arts has already begun embracing Free to Play.
Electronic Arts first dipped its toes into the free to play model back in mid 2009 with the release of Battlefield Heroes. Since then, they’ve released numerous free to play MMOs such as Battleforge, Lord of Ultima and FIFA Online. They’re also working on releasing numerous other a free to play games including Need For Speed World Online and Tigers Woods PGA Tour Online. EA is clearly serious about free to play, as they’ve launched free to play MMOs for many of their major franchises. Based on the direction EA has been going with their online games, it wouldn’t be too surprising for Warhammer Online to go free to play.
Battlefield Heroes Gameplay Screenshot
2. Warhammer Online Subscriptions are in decline.
Warhammer Online originally launched back in September, 2008 and was widely regarded as a potential “WoW” killer. The game launched with an impressive 750,000+ subscribers worldwide, but the playerbase has died down significantly since release. The latest “official” announcement pegged the game’s subscription numbers at 300,000, but the actual numbers today are probably closer to 200,000 than 300,000. To better illustrate the game’s rapid decline, just look at the game’s total servers. The game launched with 60+ servers worldwide but has a measly 4 today. It’s very difficult for the folks over at EA to “turn things around” without doing something drastic, as the game’s development team is probably super frustrated and demoralized. Making Warhammer Online free to play could bring more players into the game and breath life back into the title.
Warhammer Online Screenshot
3. Warhammer Online cannot compete with World of Warcraft.
This one may bit a bit controversial, but I feel the subscription numbers speak for themselves. Very few people want to pay $14.99 to play Warhammer Online when they could be playing World of Warcraft instead. I’m not saying Warhammer Online is a bad game, because it’s not. The problem is World of Warcraft offers more value in terms of content and features than Warhammer Online (More instances, larger game world, more players, more items, etc.)
World of Warcraft Stormwind Screenshot
4. Pay to Play Going Free to Play Works.
If Warhammer Online went free to play, it wouldn’t be the first pay to play game to do so. Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) from Turbine proved that pay to play going free to play works. Dungeons and Dragons Online was on the brink of failure when Turbine relaunched it as a free to play title. Since then, the game has enjoyed enormous success. In fact, Turbine’s CEO, Jim Crowley, stated back in February 2010, “The response from players to DDO Unlimited has been nothing short of phenomenal”. Turbine’s revenues from DDO increased over 500% since going free to play and even its subscription revenues have more than doubled. That’s right, 2x as many people today are subscribing to DDO voluntarily for added benefits than the total subscribers the game had back when users were required to subscribe to access the game. Turbine is even relaunching their flagship MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online as a free to play game later this year (Fall, 2010).
Dungeons and Dragons Online Was P2P went F2P.
5. Warhammer Online already has an unlimited free trial.
Warhammer Online today already has an unlimited free trial. Sure, the trial has a level cap of 10 and several other major restrictions, but it’s a step towards going free to play, even if its just a baby step.
I don’t think EA/Bioware’s newest MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic will be free to play, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if Warhammer Online did go free to play.
More Warhammer Online Gameplay
What do you think guys? Would you consider playing Warhammer Online if it went free to play? I know I’d give it a chance. Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
By, Omer Altay
June 15, 2010
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Im not really sure, as a serious MMORPG player, i find that all mmo’s that are P2P always have better content etc, well of course it would, so if Warhammer does go F2P which i also think it will, i think it will not do so good because of the fact that it will have less content etc, having to cut back then again unless like you said it gets the same benefits as DDO then maybe it will get better but i still say that if it goes F2P it will not be that great of a game, i havn’t played it personally but i have seen friends play it, and to me its like all other MMo’s theres very little unique ones.
June 19, 2010
#1
What the hell you expect World of Warcraft already added all the good aspect of an mmo into the game. But to be honest WOW is dull and boring the conent they do have is dull, boring and unintersting. All other mmos are trying to add content in there game without player saying this is a clone onf WOW. But you know what, the player base just wont let that happen. IMO WAR is a WOW killer even if it didnt completly dethrone WOW. It kill WOW for me cause it wasnt all childish and cartoony as WOW was. Game like that only suceed because of kids. That where they get there numbers. Not that man game deves aim towards the adult field. Been playing games a long time now. And I see very few games that can permenatly rule out kids from playing.
June 22, 2010
#2
you are Dull and Boring.
June 15, 2010
#3
I always felt the same way. Next year is going to feature a lot of good free to play games such as LotRO and Vindictus and adding this game to the F2P list would be awesome.
June 15, 2010
#4
i think its rly gonna be free to play, but it has bad graphics, i dont wanna try it! ^.^
June 19, 2010
#5
The graphics are not bad. Just cause it not a brightly color as others doesnt mean the graphics are bad. Provide the character models dont look pleasing to the eye, the arent bad at all. It made to be a dark world not something like WOW which the graphics almost doesnt even fit the games backgroung.
November 24, 2010
#6
Ummm…So I’m guessing you haven’t played Warhammer before? The graphics are very well done, they are not bad in any way. Try to speak from experience, my friend.
June 15, 2010
#7
Well, I would think that going F2P would bring them more loyalty and more traffic to their company. Basically a nice way of supply and demand, then stick in a few cash shops and tada, F2P was all worth it XDXD, from a Devs point of view.
But yea, Omer, I would definitely want to see Warhammer go F2P, I would try it out, it looks good from what I’ve seen. I play Dungeon and Dragons Online for a few days and am hooked!!!!!!! Love the voice overs XDXD
June 15, 2010
#8
i think it should go f2p. i was one of the people who bought it on release day but my grahics card at the time didnt support it which made it a hard game to play. and i dont have the money to pay monthly for it. but it is a good mmo its extremely fun especially with friends. if it goes free to play i will DEFINATLY play it
June 15, 2010
#9
I wouldn’t be surprised if it did, I’m not really looking forward to it, while I will give it due for having a rich pvp content that changed other games pvp content like shaiya just to name one. But the game launched with so much hype that there was little they could do to actually keep subscriptions faithful. Star trek aparently has fallen victim to same plauge and I half expect the new starwars todo launch and then faceplant. In part these games have drop subscriptions like whiney brats due to the economy but also they hyped up the game and didn’t deliver.
If it goes F2P will I drop 2 months to try it out? probably but maybe more or less, I can’t see them cutting content just to go f2p, though they might.
June 15, 2010
#10
fusionfall was free to play because it was sucessfull, now they want to make a lot of players by opening the subscription gates to all the ppl for free and let them go, the subscribers got a special gift, so the subscripton wasn’t actually useless =D
im so happy earhammer online will be free to play (kinda) that i was hoping that even team fortress 2 or even left 4 dead 2 would be free to play!
June 18, 2010
#11
in response to arcticfigure L4D2 and TF2 are one time payment and don’t require a subscription to play
July 8, 2010
#12
that wouldn’t go well.
June 15, 2010
#13
Very nice editorial, and you may very well be right!
June 15, 2010
#14
I was one that purchased it on day one. Played it for a little under a year (with a break or two). The game was good through tiers 1-3. once you hit end game, tier 4, most of the problems showed greatly. Too many reasons to list. End game pvp or rvr or however one may want to term it was basically 1 class that annihilated all others. The responses from the devs about the situation turned many players off. All in all I am certain the devs had no clue what they were doing at the time. This coming from a guy that played their other game for 6 or so years faithfully paying a subscription. I would give it another go if it was free to play. I would never pay another subscription to play the game again or another made by them.
June 15, 2010
#15
I’d probably play it if it went F2P.
June 16, 2010
#16
Yeah, i will definetly play it when it goes to F2P i played when it launched as P2P but my grpahics card were too crappy to play it to it was qutie difficult to play and now i would still play it but theres not just enough players, the pvp system is just so freaking awesome. I’ll be waiting for it to go to F2P
June 16, 2010
#17
I have the game right here next to me but im not goin to pay to play it so if it does go free to play you know ill be ready
and Warhammer is better then warcraft because warhammer has been able to build battleground that giv XP ya thats right lvl why doin PVP come on that all a game needs good luck EA.
June 17, 2010
#18
good editorial, and when it comes free to play, I will try it out.. it doesn’t looks as good as wow, but it definately can be are a good game, when much people play it.. the only way to get that possible is make it free to play, maybe much people will play it when its free, and then maybe its a pretty good game, but for now, im also not going to pay for it..
June 17, 2010
#19
I realy hope its gonna be free
it looks like a great game
i am gonna play Lotro so hard
and i hope warhammer to
June 17, 2010
#20
I played the game for around a year, and noticed an enormous amount of drop in population on the servers, it’s a fun game and all but it lacks the extra stuff that WoW offers. But if made free to play it would probably skyrocket.
If this went free to play, I’d be in it for sure.
June 18, 2010
#21
I’d love for WAR to go free – I used to play, and, while I loved the game, there was a serious problem with it-
THE WHOLE GAME WAS A FUCKIN GHOST TOWN.
I went back and tried it a month or two ago, and, sorry to say, it was even worse. That said, however, WAR has the best PVP gameplay of any MMO I’ve played.
June 19, 2010
#22
The problem with PVP/RVR in any game is it a bad idea for any game.
1. Class balance is not the problem. If the classe were actually real one class would always have an advantage over the other, and the simple fact that nowdays teamwork dont count for shit. If everyone would just gang up on the one to rule them all. There would be a problem
2. There is not stratgey among play on how to combat each other so yeah there is always going to be a class that kicks eveyother classes ass.
3. When players say a class is over powered. They fucking kill it for people who PVE. Not only do they nerf said class, they go as far as making the class basicly useless.
WOW’s warrior and deathknight are two good examples. They did it so harshly that those two classes were useless in PVE. You nearly got killed by mobs that were yellow or green.
All I can say is it isnt developers who fuck up a game its. Players who can ruin it.
June 20, 2010
#23
I hope they do make WAR a free to play. I really enjoyed that game and was saddened by the fact that it was not really well populated. I was one of the people to start at standard edition open beta. I was saddened at how low the population dropped. While it will never out do WoW in popularity, it did kill WoW for me.
June 20, 2010
#24
I think that EA will carefully calculate how much they can earn $ on this … Star Wars will be their major p2p income, so I think they could make Warhammer a f2p based model, it would be certainly their biggest move in this matter.
One thing that’s important, games like this are driven by the players, massive wars and castle sieges can’t succed with small palyerbase, so EA should definitely do something about this game .
June 21, 2010
#25
First of All, OMER! YOU’RE MY HERO!
Thank you for all your videos reviewing games, most of them made me decide if I’d play a certain MMO.
Secondly, WAR would deffinatly be better off as F2P, I mean look at DDO and if they did something remotely close to that (Lets say having an imbalanced race you’d have to pay for? -.-) the game would skyrocket…….
Thirdly………..IS IT SPRING YET?!!? TOR! MUST. HAVE. TOR!
June 21, 2010
#26
“First of All, OMER! YOU’RE MY HERO!
Thank you for all your videos reviewing games, most of them made me decide if I’d play a certain MMO.
Secondly, WAR would deffinatly be better off as F2P, I mean look at DDO and if they did something remotely close to that (Lets say having an imbalanced race you’d have to pay for? -.-) the game would skyrocket…….
Thirdly………..IS IT SPRING YET?!!? TOR! MUST. HAVE. TOR!”
First, Agree! I cant wait for TOR! And Omer is like the jesus of MMORPGs!
Second I’d Love for it to go F2P, because it used to be my favorite RPG, until my dad canceled it to be a ****. Anyway, I tried to go to the endless trial to get back into it, but you know what those MOTHER F****Ers at EA did? They put everyone at the stupid human land… The lamest of the six. If they go f2p, they better fix it. Or I, and everyone else, will ignore it.
June 21, 2010
#27
YEAH! I love Warhammer AOR! will it go open source too so there can be content updates?
June 21, 2010
#28
“This one may bit a bit controversial, but I feel the subscription numbers speak for themselves. Very few people want to pay $14.99 to play Warhammer Online when they could be playing World of Warcraft instead. I’m not saying Warhammer Online is a bad game, because it’s not. The problem is World of Warcraft offers more value in terms of content and features than Warhammer Online (More instances, larger game world, more players, more items, etc.)”
I take back what I said. Your a WoW baby ass kisser! How exactly does WoW give any value with their bullshit expansions? Where I come from, we just use these things called *patches* where they add the content for free. Also, There is loads of content in WAR. Who can compete with WoW? No one. Because of all the ass holes that play it who refuse to think that their game was not the first of it’s kind, that their game is not the best, and that its not a waste of money. WoW killed MMORPGs. Its continuing to destroy great games with the zombies of it’s subscriber army.
June 21, 2010
#29
I don’t even play WoW. I quit WoW Pre-burning crusade. It’s very clear to most people that WoW does offer more value. I explained exactly why in the editorial. People play the game because it’s good. MANY people quit WoW to try Warhammer, and chose to go back to WoW. Remember when WAR had 700,000+ subscriptions? Yeah, most of those were WoW Players. Now WAR has less than 200,000 subscribers. The people who PAID and PLAYED WAR didn’t stick with it, because it wasn’t worth their $14.99/mo.
WAR is a GREAT game, but not as a pay to play title.
June 21, 2010
#30
“i think its rly gonna be free to play, but it has bad graphics, i dont wanna try it! ^.^”
I almost ripped my hair out when I read that. They are actually quite nice and far ahead of World of Warcraft. And are you a little girl? How can you judge a game on its graphics. EQ and Battlefield Heroes both are Great games with crude graphics! Geez, its about the game you hoser, not the look of it, even though the graphics are good and NOT (thank god) Manga. Too many MMORPGs are Manga.
June 21, 2010
#31
“good editorial, and when it comes free to play, I will try it out.. it doesn’t looks as good as wow, but it definately can be are a good game, when much people play it.. the only way to get that possible is make it free to play, maybe much people will play it when its free, and then maybe its a pretty good game, but for now, im also not going to pay for it..”
URRRRRGHHHH SO TOTALLY PWNS THE CRAP OUT OF WOW YOU LITTLE 5TH GRADER
June 21, 2010
#32
i would definately play this if it went free to play. id be addicted. i agree with this 100%
June 22, 2010
#33
F2p, perhaps, still a subscriber of war since launch, people who claim no content and bad graphics, do me a favour. The content of war is deep, has many hidden gems but you have to find them. As an example, some unlocks to tier 4 (end game) are actually hidden in tier 1, it requires thought and tactics do work in rvr (pvp) if thought out. You need the parties to work together, each class using their own specific skills, sadly too many want to push a button as quickly as possible and get something shiny, patience, adventure and not just follow the big yellow arrows. It is true to say population has dropped since launch and it is true to say that without numbers the rvr is not what it could be, trouble is, with too many you hit inevitable lag issues but all in all they have tried to address these. Before you comment on a game try it, there is a permanent free to play option so you have no excuse, then comment until your hearts content!
June 24, 2010
#34
i think this game would fail… look at me… a true mmorpg addict… i could just play private server world of warcraft rather than playing this… however if it would be a f2p now that’s a different story… coz nothing pulls the interest of a true player better than giving them a bit of a taste from the true server LOL! have an item mall or whatever just as long as it is f2p… LOOK AT FLYFF! LOOK AT FLYFF FFS! super success up to now! LOOK AT FLYFF dude! even if it is crappy as hell when it comes to graphics lots of people are biting it. gpotato made a good job and idea on that item mall of theirs.
June 24, 2010
#35
one more thing is there even a site that discusses p2p games LOL?
“live life freely”
June 24, 2010
#36
I have one Creedo when it comes to MMO’s: Never pay to play, they all have the same basic gameplay so why pay for a rehash of graphics and a new name. Now I’m ducking behind a wall of sandbags to avoid the impending hate-mail. Oh and to answer the original question yes if Warhammer was F2P I would play it
June 30, 2010
#37
I remember all the buzz about WAR coming out and how it was gonna kill WoW and be so epic and then within 2 years the game is almost dead lmao. Though I think it would be a good idea for it to go f2p the main turnoff of the p2p genre is that fact that you have to PAY and most people do not wanna do that unless they have a job and can afford it however, the majority of a playerbase isn’t able to keep paying the monthly subscription.
If WAR goes f2p like Lotro is going to later this year then it’ll defintely attract new players but i think it’ll increase revenue if they do what DDO did which is include a premium account for like faster lvling and new char slots and weapons and mounts and w/e. I think it would be a smart move and I would be willing to play WAR then.
June 30, 2010
#38
If warhammer online went free to play I would spend money in the item shops every now and then and most definitely play. I would have kept playing it but like said the 15 a month when I could have used that with wow brings this game down even if they made it into a 5 for a month with an item shop they would more than double some wow players I think would take a break and try it for a few months because its cheaper. They may even possibly stay and increase their current player base by 4 or 5 times as much with more to come as the game gets bigger and gets some cool expansion or updates.
July 6, 2010
#39
I have WAR (wife got the game and guide for me last x-mass), and occasionaly play (for free) but what can you really do but repeat public quests and look for another peice of noob armor? It’s a good game and the public quest idea is great and so is realm vs realm. But only going to level 10 is a waste of time becaus there is nothing left to do accept make a new toon, and eventualy kill your old ones so you can remake them and have the “fun” of going to 10 again.
July 15, 2010
#40
I think that every game should go f2p i mean you know how much money do you spend playing!!!!
July 27, 2010
#41
It would be a smart move in their case…I would try it out but people want content p2p or f2p content is the key thing people want and some p2p games fail at that I.E warhammer online and archlord when it was p2p… the whole arguement of p2p being better than f2p isn’t really relevant anymore because it comes down to the developer and what they want to offer the players
August 3, 2010
#42
ROFL the graphics arent bad at all…
maybe your just using a piece of shit computer hahaha
i play with every setting on high and the shit looks amazing.
it even has bloom graphics.
August 23, 2010
#43
Id play WAR if it were free to play..hell id rather play it over WoW even as a P2P but unfortunately the population died within months. The problem is..WoW is so overly generic that it just has the best of both worlds, which means when a WoW player tries out a different MMO, it wont have every little basic generic thing that WoW offers…its very unfortunate indeed.
August 31, 2010
#44
omg.Yes warhammer only has 9 servers world wide 4 NORTH AMERICA!!!! but those servers have realy good populations now…there is always action in the afternoon to early morning. The gameplay mechanics are also pretty well balalnced now. No1 even wants a third faction anymore because you can get up to 400% XP bonus for underpopulated population within a pvp zone. THE NUMBER AUTO FLUCTUATEs according to population ratio second for second. even 1v1′s are far better ballanced then any other mmo i’v played. The graphic textures are more detailed then wow…graphic style is a different matter entirely. It aint a ghost town anymore on any server….just lower zones are emptyish..but you get that in every mmo…the end game zones are packed with 200 vs 200 battles being a norm.they even upgraded graphics since launch…Warhammer is not comparible to it’s launch in terms of server ballance etc…It is obvious that few of u guys have played this game in a long time. and finaly they aint gonna go free to play because bio-mythic announced that the game is proffitable and they have no idea why people think that the comunity is still shrinking…
January 21, 2011
#45
12 year old idiots play wow adults play war plain and simple the game kicks ass even in t1 there is great rvr and the game is by far more customizable than wow i agree with you most of the people have either never played war or havent played since the beginning
October 1, 2010
#46
I wonder what GW would say?? After all, they hold the ultimate licence with anything to do with Warhammer & giving something away for free has never been in line with GW policy…
That said, I’d love to play this game if it were F2P, it would suit the casual gamer that I’ve become after quitting WoW.
October 28, 2010
#47
Watched your reviews on WAR and LOTR. Good stuff by the way, keep it up! Lets just say there is no way in hell my wife will let me play this game as long as i have to pay for it. and given the choice of paying the EXACT same amount for this game or playing WOW, I would choose WOW fifty times over.
I like the fact that I can try this out on my Mac vs. running boot camp because my machine gets hot running windows. I’m going to get to level 10, and STAY there until this game goes F2P. Lets hope it happens.
To the comment about about this game killing WOW, 40+ servers to 4… Either they shut er down or go the other way. PEACE
November 7, 2010
#48
I would love to see Warhammer go free. But it’s missing a 3rd realm, some utility type classes, and a good DAOC style system that is simple but rewarding. Expansions could kill this game as well. For RVR you need to keep everyone close, have a reason other than capturing a flag, and throw in another realm to offset the mix. Crowd Control is kind of wack in Warhammer – should be stack penelties – should be one class that excels in it like Sorcerors or Bards if they would make them. DAOC had it right. (Before any expansions) Warhammer cannot handle more than 50 players in a fight. It has to be addressed! it WOULD BE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL FREE, AND WITH MASSIVE MARKETING ON TELEVISION AND FACEBOOK.
November 14, 2010
#49
I bought Warhammer the month it was released and played it off and on until a few months ago. While the RvR was usually fun (Especially open RvR keep defenses) I found the rest of the game quite dull and eventually quit for good.
I’d love if the game went F2P and would totally play again, yet sadly right now its just not worth the current subscription costs.
November 24, 2010
#50
Will definitely play it as F2P. I had played it off and on a lot, and it is a fun game, but not at $15 a month. Hell no. I play so many games that are good and better that are F2P so… And now that we have entered the new generation of MMO’s, which are F2P, WoW is still decaying. I haven’t tried it personally, but I’ve heard great things about it…Even so, gamers are realizing that WoW isn’t the only fun game out there, and that they can even play them for free.
December 20, 2010
#51
Im downloading the free trail of it right now. I played this game once before for about a month and loved loved loved it but it was Pay to Play which made me quit. If this game was free to play It would get soo many more people and probly it publicity would be higher and Im for sure it would be the number 1 Free to play mmo out there cause its already one of the best Pay to play. I hope it does go Free to play
December 28, 2010
#52
I’ve played the trial and participated in the beta. If it went Free I’d jump on it. Isn’t there any way to make it happen? Make an online petition or something? War-veteran said that the community is stable now and it doesn’t NEED to go f2p. So if we really want this to happen, a post by post comment is not gonna cut it, quys.
January 21, 2011
#53
first off war isnt ment for kids with sandy vaginas its ment for people who love to pvp and dont want to hear people bitching constantly WOW is all about whiney little kids they in my opinion destroyed the game with cataclysm youre basically no longer able to spec into different trees you get half as many talents raiding has gotten even longer its easier for idiots to play the game fact is war fucked up on 2 aspects 1 the requirements were too vast to capture the same subscription base as wow i mean compair the graphic card requirments wow requires 32mb and war is 128 but really 256 or up is needed that is one major factor wow does so well it can accomidate to every pc audience i played wow for 3 years ona pos del and the game ran beautifully i could barely run war on it fact 2 war fucked up by not adding enough pve content IE instances raid mobs from what ive seen in war and im only lvl 16 but i am in a high level guild even the gear is acquired from medalions you get from pvp i mean im not into instances and dungeons BUT BUT BUT if you want a vast audience and a SUSTAINED vast audience you have to cater to the needs of many rather than the needs of few but i believe hands down war is a much more enjoyable game if youre into pvp life myself wow is for emo teens people with crappy computers and people who are stupid frankly
March 2, 2011
#54
I would completely play this game if it went f2p the fact that they havnt done it yet makes them a terribly run company for wasting this chance to turn around WAR completely and make more money with an item mall then they already make now.
Fail.
March 14, 2011
#55
I played WAR for about 1.5 years then rage quit because of the faction population imbalance. No matter how good you were, no matter how great gear you had, you couldn’t win a 50 vs. 200 open RVR. They put in bonus rewards for losing faction after I quit but I don’t think that changed the fact that losing everyday with no chance to win sucks after a while.
As for the graphics, the interface, the ease of control and learning curve, the game was brilliant. I loved the toons and the maps. It’s just that the devs spent time for the content that’s not likely to be explored by most and skipped the core. For example most of the players loved castle sieges the most. Why the hell they did not add siege scenario maps?! They still can’t think of ways to entertain players and waste time on stupid ideas.
Yes, WAR must go F2P but it won’t save it alone. They need a dev director with brains.
April 28, 2011
#56
screw this game, and stop working on starwars, and put all that money into bringing DAOC back!!
May 5, 2011
#57
Even for today’s standards, the graphics are good. The storyline is fantastic. Performance is way better than it was after release.
Gameplay is the killer for me. Not saying it’s bad, just generic. If i’m paying for an mmorpg it needs something that other f2p mmorpgs do not offer.
This game has a mac port so I decided to try it on my macbook. It is playable at 15-40 fps, around 10fps less than windows. Being one of the few mmorpgs playable without using bootcamp, I think they would gain a few mac users as f2p.
I would play warhammer if it was f2p. it doesn’t have the originality or playerbase as a p2p model.
May 14, 2011
#58
Hello!
I have been playing WAR before, and i really liked it!
If they make this game Free-To-Play me and my friends will start enjoy this wonderfull game WAR!
I personally think that they would get alot of more players in Free-To-Play mode!
May 31, 2011
#59
I’ve played WAR for years, but left because of the lack of players. Fantastic storyline, graphics, and game play. If it was free to play, I’d go back in a heartbeat.
June 1, 2011
#60
WAR is a great game, i tried the free trail and i liked it alot! From the gameplay to the graphics, its all very well done. If it went free to play entirely i would definitely play it. I might even consider item shops etc. wich i normaly never do.
June 18, 2011
#61
In her recent “Producer’s Letter”, Carrie Gouskos cleared up any rumors regarding Warhammer Online going the Free 2 Play route that’s become so popular over the last year or two.
“We’re not considering this option right now. We’re learning lessons from micro-transaction driven games; however we’re not interested in directly selling things like armor progression or other piecemeal power options. What we do plan on introducing is paid services such as server transfers, character renames and other commonly found services. We are committed to implementing these services in a responsible manner and won’t flip that switch until we’re satisfied that it will not compromise your in game experience. Additionally, we will continue to offer that buffet of services by offering the entire RVR pack purchasable in three segments. Each player can get what the features they want without committing to the whole thing (though we do think all three packs will be pretty great.)”
9/6/2010
So there you have it. No free-to-play Warhammer in the near future, if ever….
July 17, 2011
#62
i would certainly go back play WHO if it would go free to play, it was just too expensive to pay and play multiple P2P MMO’s for me WHO really was a WoW killer but too expensive? if it was 5 euro a month i reconsiddered it.
August 1, 2011
#63
I would LOVE to see Warhammer online go F2P. I LOVED that game so much but since it was fighting against WoW I noticed a decline in people who played. Honestly.. the only reason I STOPPED playing it was because a lot of the servers were dying. If going F2P could get more people into the game I would love to see it happen. I know I’d drag all of my friends into it ( even if it was kicking and screaming ) Warhammer is an amazing game! I’d love to see it make a comeback.
August 3, 2011
#64
WAR was and is one of the best pvp group based games ever. I haven’t had as much fun in any mmo as I did while playing my shaman in WAR. Played from head start 2008 until 2011 and on Dark Crag to Badlands.
The game had some issues, but the fun factor made me forget them or just live with them while I pewpewed players.
F2P would bring me back. The player base isn’t large enough to support expansions from a business stance IMHO.
August 6, 2011
#65
Me and sum mates would defo be up 4 the game if it went f2p
August 25, 2011
#66
I played WAR for two years on prepaid cards I got from my supplier at cost price. Got 3 friends to join and we had a blast. The only gripe I have with the game are the different ‘realms’, although each realm is quite massive, they are not all connected which makes it feel like the world isn’t really real. Where as in other MMO’s it is all seamless. Other than that the game is really really good, especially the PVP which we had tons of fun playing. I stopped playing the game because I had more important things to deal with in real life lol. But since things have quietened down, I will definately resume playing if it goes F2P. They better do it quick though because Guild Wars 2 (The real WOW killer) is around the corner. That will be the game on everyone’s lips in 2012.
February 15, 2012
#67
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March 6, 2012
#68
I just tried to login to WAR and if I could get past the LOGIN SCREEN!…
Then I would play again, but all I get is a Authentication failed message….
Yet seconds before doing so I changed the password for the mythic account I use to play WAR yet that password does not seem to work!!!!!.
No idea whats going on here I’d like to see how this game is going after a year or so of playing other mmos
March 30, 2012
#69
i wonder if EA wants to kill WAR by keeping p2p system. I used to play it and i would play it again if no for the cost of it. why EA why u still keeping it p2p? such a bad decision
March 30, 2012
#70
i wonder if EA wants to kill WAR by keeping p2p system. I used to play it and i would play it again if no for the cost of it. why EA why u still keeping it p2p? such a bad decision
April 16, 2012
#71
Wow, the thought of The Epic WAR being f2p, wow; it makes me go crazy
This would make both EA and GAMES WORKSHOP beat blizzard, and make WAR more popular than WOW, i have known Warhammer itself since i was 6, and now i am 15, making this game f2p, would make this game a LEGEND, as this game was based on best miniature game ever, i played the game to lv 6 but i got bored as there is no point in playing, as my account allows me only to play till lv 10, so what is the fucking point, i aint gonna pay 15$ per month to play, i wont even dare to touch wow, it is a complete shit!!!- yes blizzard, wow is shit as it makes no sense playing it as the expansions make it crapper and crapper, WAR on the other hand; is epic, i have one thing to say, if EA spoils the game they should just leave it and give it to Epic Games which made gow series, they wouldn’t spoil WAR, they would probably make the game §x better than now, making it f2p would get both companies millions, maybe even trillions of dollars, and all hardcore/epic players would make the game even more better, i have great intrests and thoughts about this game.
Death to the false Emperor!!!!!!!!